How Raindrops Can Be Turned into Electricity

23/04/2025 8 min

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Episode Synopsis

Today’s episode is all about rain — but not the kind that ruins your beach day. Instead, we’re looking at how raindrops themselves could become tiny power plants.A 2025 study from the National University of Singapore, published in ACS Central Science, has shown that water droplets can be used to generate clean, renewable electricity using a brand-new method. It's called plug flow, and it might just change how we think about everyday rain.